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Evista for Breast Cancer Prevention

Evista, also called raloxifene, is a medication that's used to reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in post-menopausal women. Evista prevents ...

Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) & Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)

Staging is the name for the process doctors use to figure out if and how far breast cancer has spread. Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS), also known ...

Breast Cancer: Get The Support You Need

Your body can fight stress better when you're physically fit. Consider joining a support group, or find a way to talk about how you’re feeling. If ...

What is Cerebral Palsy?

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect balance, movement, and muscle tone. If you have dyskinetic CP, your muscle tone might be to...

What are Hypomania and Mania in Bipolar Disorder?

You can go from the depths of depression to the racing thoughts, extreme energy, and wired feelings that doctors call “mania.”. The problem is that...

Warning Signs and Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder

People with bipolar disorder often have cycles of elevated and depressed mood that fit the description of 'manic depression.' When a person's illne...

Living & Support

There’s a lot you can do to help manage your bipolar disorder.

Bipolar Diagnosis

Doctors have come a long way in fully understanding different moods in bipolar disorder and in making an accurate diagnosis. In making the diagnosi...

Causes of Bipolar Disorder

Doctors don't completely understand the causes of bipolar disorder. In studies of identical twins, scientists report that if one identical twin has...

Types of Yoga

You do a sequence of 26 yoga poses in a very hot room, above 100 F. What it's like: Gentle. 'Hatha yoga' originally meant the physical practice of ...

What Exactly is Alternative Medicine?

Alternative medicine is a term that describes medical treatments that are used instead of traditional (mainstream) therapies. The goal of chiroprac...

Meditation, Stress, and Your Health

The relaxation response can also be elicited through other meditative and relaxation techniques such as mindfulness meditation. Although meditation...